Sleep Health: Best Positions, Dream Facts and Night Shifts

Why does sleeping on your back affect pregnancy and which positions improve digestion? From managing the health risks of working night shifts to understanding how dreams impact waking life, prioritizing sleep hygiene is vital for overall wellness.

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Sleep Tips for the Night Shift

When you agree to work the night shift, you expect to change your lifestyle only slightly to match the need to sleep during the day in order to sleep at night. But that change of schedule can be easier said than done, warns the National Sleep Foundation.

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How to Stimulate REM Sleep

While you're fast asleep at night, your brain is working furiously to process information and update your memory. This phenomenon occurs during the rapid eye movement -- or REM -- phase of sleep. REM sleep happens every 60 to 90 minutes during sleep and lasts only about five minutes.

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